Question

Question 1 (Essay Worth 10 points) (03.01 LC) An online article about an opinion poll says that "41% of Americans own a gun." The poll is based on online survey interviews with 2,700 adults chosen randomly from a numbered list of 750,000 responses from around the United States, excluding New England states. Part A: What is the population and sample in this poll? (3 points) Part B: What type of sampling is used? (3 points) Part C: Are there any sources of bias present? Explain. (4 points)

Answer 1

Part A : population is 750000.

Sample is 2700 .

This population is ask about those who own a gun.

Part B :

Sampling is used is a purposive sampling because here we have purpose to know how many Americans own a gun.

Part C:

Yes there is a source of bias is present .while choosing the sample new England state is excluded this leads towards a biasedness .